Reviews & Ratings

This was the best play I have seen in years. Beautifully and meaningfully written, with humor and pathos, like all great plays. Not at all didactic, though a message of humanism shines through. An excellent cast, obviously committed to the writers...continued

The play of the 'Vagina Monologues' variety but focused only on the Second Congo War. Like V. Monologues, you learn about mass rapes and a desperately TERRIBLE situation, with some parts of the recounting so horrifying that it made me...continued

This play takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions from light-hearted to shocking. The cast takes the subject matter and makes it real; the content high's are high and the low's are painful. Very well directed and acted.

This is the first play I've seen at the "new" Arena stage and I must say it is absolutely beautiful and my seat was great. The play itself was very thought provoking and heart wrenching, It provided us with a look into the lives of women that...continued

Theater at its best -- reaches in and grabs your gut. The kind of experience/performance that had me gripping my arm rests, and crying unabashedly by the end. The cast is incredible and totally sells the performance and play. It is not for the...continued

Another stellar production at Arena Stage, this play takes an incredibly important subject, which is difficult to portray, and does a masterful job. Hard hitting yet with many periods of humor, magnificently acted, and not to mention lovely...continued

Wow! Wow! And More Wow! This Play Was Excellent And Simply Brilliant! I Must Admit As A Black Man It Was Hard Not To Shed A Tear For The Horrors African Women Face In Africa. I Took My Girlfriend And She Loved It. We Could Not Stop Talking About...continued

"Ruined" is definitely a must see. It was everything great entertainment should be. Informative, insightful, comical, dramatic, and in good taste given the seriousness of the topic. This was one to remember!

Powerful, moving, well acted, beautifully staged production. Theater in the round is not, however, for best venue for this play. It was often difficult to hear the words when characters had their backs to my seat section. I also could not...continued

In a world full of trivial productions, it was hugely exciting and satisfying to see this piece. It was truly amazing to see such a grim and difficult subject dealt with (the brutalization and rape of women in D.R. Congo in the course of the civil...continued

A powerful story about a very sad subject - the use of rape as a weapon of war. Actors have an Africanized British english accent, which can make understanding them difficult, until your ears and brains reconnect. Story is about a whore house...continued